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Durham planning applications

PlanningTrack collects planning applications and decisions from the public planning register of Durham County Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal. Official Durham website

Collected application statistics

Collected records · All available dates

25,013Searchable applications

1,088Recorded as pending

95%Approval rate · 19,492 approved or refused records

957Refused applications

18,535 approved · 957 refused · 1,185 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 24 Dec 2010 to 21 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 24 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.

Local planning information

Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026

Planning information Planning Planning applications and advice.Contact planning Planning advice and enquiries

Council contacts

Planning enquiries03000262830 Council source

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Conservation areas and Article 4 directions

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Conservation areas92 mapped area records

Article 4 direction areasNo boundary records available in this collection

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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.

Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

More application records

Decided3/2012/0477
New signage
Lloyds TSB 9 North Terrace Crook County Durham DL15 9ES
Received 16 Nov 2012
Decided3/2012/0476
New vehicle access and formation of car park
Clyde House Gibbon Street Bishop Auckland County Durham DL14 7DL
Received 19 Nov 2012
Decided3/2012/0475
Convert garage to habitable room
14 Trinity Gardens Willington Crook County Durham DL15 0UU
Received 15 Nov 2012
Decided3/2012/0474
Improvements to existing access to include new security fence and automated gates
Eden Armoury St Andrews Road Bishop Auckland County Durham DL14 6RX
Received 14 Nov 2012
Decided3/2012/0473
Erection of temporary all weather hexagonal umbrella and lean to awning at front of killhope visitor centre
Killhope Museum Cowshill Bishop Auckland County Durham DL13 1AR
Received 14 Nov 2012
Decided3/2012/0472
Erection of garage bay and store extension
7 Castle View Witton Le Wear Bishop Auckland County Durham DL14 0DH
Received 14 Nov 2012
Decided3/2012/0471
Replacement of existing roof to the sports hall changing rooms with hipped arrangement and the re-roofing of the sports hall and swimming baths (resubmission)
St Johns RC Comprehensive School Woodhouse Lane Bishop Auckland County Durham DL14 6JT
Received 12 Nov 2012
Decided3/2012/0470
Application for a new planning permission to replace an extant planning permission in order to extend the time limit for implementation ( planning permission 3/2009/0139)
Colliery Fields Toronto Bishop Auckland County Durham DL14 7SJ
Received 12 Nov 2012
Decided3/2012/0469
Listed building consent for the formation of a 3M wide gated vehicular access involving the partial demolition of an existing boundary wall
29 Etherley Lane Bishop Auckland County Durham DL14 7QU
Received 9 Nov 2012
Decided3/2012/0468
Formation of new 3M wide gated vehicular access involving the partial demolition of an existing boundary wall
29 Etherley Lane Bishop Auckland County Durham DL14 7QU
Received 9 Nov 2012
Decided3/2012/0467
Erection of 1 no. Dwelling
Land Adjacent To Burnside Cottage Cowshill Bishop Auckland County Durham DL13 1JF
Received 12 Nov 2012
Decided3/2012/0466
Pre-Fabricated garage to rear garden (retrospective)
2 High Terrace Roddymoor Crook County Durham DL15 9RA
Received 9 Nov 2012
Decided3/2012/0464
Listed building consent for change of use to rural worker dwelling
Coves House Farm Wolsingham Bishop Auckland County Durham DL13 3BG
Received 2 Oct 2012
Decided3/2012/0463
Refurbishment of existing dwelling and existing shop front including change of use of part dwelling into studio/retail space
38 Angate Street Wolsingham Bishop Auckland Durham DL13 3EW
Received 8 Nov 2012
Decided3/2012/0462
Demolition and rebuild of rear boundary wall
Ye Olde Horse Shoe Inn 4 Church Street Crook County Durham DL15 9BG
Received 6 Nov 2012
Decided3/2012/0461
Single storey rear extension
14 Hill End Frosterley Bishop Auckland County Durham DL13 2SX
Received 6 Nov 2012
Decided3/2012/0460
Proposed dwelling
Land Adjacent 87 High Hope Street Crook County Durham DL15 9JD
Received 6 Nov 2012
Decided3/2012/0459
Rear single storey extension and garage conversion including a bay window
58A Craddock Street Bishop Auckland County Durham DL14 6HA
Received 5 Nov 2012
Decided3/2012/0458
Smokers shelter to front (retrospective)
Mill House Inn 24 North Terrace Crook County Durham DL15 9AZ
Received 2 Nov 2012
Decided3/2012/0457
Conversion of existing first floor arrangement to create three residential apartments including external works to the rear of the building
Blackets Furniture Store 81 Newgate Street Bishop Auckland County Durham DL14 7EW
Received 2 Nov 2012
Decided3/2012/0456
Construction of railway platform
Land East Of Witton Le Wear Level Crossing Low Lane Witton Le Wear Bishop Auckland County Durham
Received 2 Nov 2012
Decided3/2012/0454
Outline application for 2 no. Detached dormer bungalows with access
Pennywell Cemetery Road Witton Le Wear Bishop Auckland County Durham DL14 0AR
Received 1 Nov 2012
Decided3/2012/0452
Erection of conservatory to rear
68 St Andrews Road South Church Bishop Auckland County Durham DL14 6RY
Received 30 Oct 2012
Decided3/2012/0451
Replacement windows and doors
28 Meadhope Street Wolsingham Bishop Auckland County Durham DL13 3EL
Received 1 Nov 2012

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What these statistics cover

These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for Durham County Council, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.

The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.

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